Food-cooker.



J. BAU.

FOOD COOKER.

APPLICATION FILED FEBJ, 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

JOSEPH BAU, 0F FAYETTE, IOWA.

FUOD-COOKER.

Lillllil.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented Dec. 5, 19111..

application mea February 7, 1911. serial no. 607,081.

To all whom 'it may annum:

Be it known that I, Josnrrr EAU, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fayette, in the county of Fayette and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Food-Cookers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to portable cookers and has for its object 'the provision of a comparatively simple and thoroughly elticient device o this character, especially design@ for cooking feed for hogs and other live stock.

A further object is to provide a cooker capable of being readily mounted on atruck and transported 'om place to place orused as a stationary cooker.

A further object is to provide a cooker inlcluding a supporting base or table having a holder rigidly secured thereto and adapted to receive a Jr'ood container, there being a burner supported on the base beneath the container for heating the contents thereof.

A still further object of the invention is generally to improve this class of devices so as to increase their utility, durability and eiliciency.

Further objects and advantages will yappear in the following description, it being understood that various changes in form,

proportions and minor details of construction may be resorted to the scope of the appended claims.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, 1n which:

Figure "1 is a perspective view of a feed cooker constructed in accordance with my invention, showing the same used as a Stationary cooker; F' 2 is a side elevation partly in sechion, owing the legs folded beneath the supporting ta le and the latter mounted on a truck for usel as a portable cooker; F' 3 is a transverse sectional view,

showing e construction of lthe clip for holding the suppbrting table on the platform of a truck during ortation or shipment.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the same reference characters.

The improved cooker forming the subject matter of the present invention comprises a supporting base or table 5, prefere drawings by ably rectangular in shape, as shown, and having its central portion provided with un opening 6. Pivotally mounted on the opposite ends of the table 5, are depending supporting legs 7 connected by diagonally disposed braces 8 and vlongitudinal bars 9, said longitudinal bars being detachably secured to the legs 7 so that by removing the bars 9 and folding said legs inwardly and upwardly against the bottom of the table 5, the cooker may be mounted on a truck and conveniently transported from place to place.

Mounted on the table 5 at the opening 6, is a holder including spaced upright bars 10 having their lower ends provided with attaching lips 11 for engagement with the table 5, and their upper ends connected by a reinforcing hoop 12, said holderl being adapted to receive and support a cylindrical container, indicated 'at 13; The bottom of the container 13 extends across the opening 6 in the tableywhilethe upper end thereof is normally closed by a removable lid or cover 14.

Depending from the bottom of the table 5, is a substantially conical shaped casing 15 having its lower end open and in. which is mounted a hydro-carbon burner 16 of any suitable construction for the pur ose of heating thev contents of the contalner 13. Extending parallel withthe container 13, is a pipe or conductor 17 having itsv upper end connected with an oil slplply tank 18 and its lower end extended ough suitable eyes or keepers 19 and thence through an opening in the t-able 5 for connection wit-h the'burner 16. The casing 15 is provided with a series of perforations 20 for supplying air to the burner, one of .said perforations receiving the oil conductor 17.

When the device is used as a stationary cooker, the supporting legs 7 are connected bythe longitudinal bars 9 so as to form a rigid support for the table and food con-v talner. The food is then placed in the container and the valve 21 opened, thus allowing the fuel from the sup ly tank 18 to flow to the burner, the latter being subsequently lighted through the open end ofthe casing 15, as willbe readily understood.

When it is desired to use the device as a portable cooker, a novel form of truck, indicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings is employed. The truck comprises front and rear axles 22 and 23 having ground wheels 24 mounted thereon and provided with bolsters on which is mounted a platform 25. The front axle 22 is connected with the adjacent bolster by a king bolt 26, to the lower end of which is secured a brace 27 having its rear end fastened to the bottom of the latform 25, thus permitting the front ax e to swing on the klng bolt and make relatively short turns. The rear axle 23 is reinforced and strengthened byl the provision of inclined braces-28 which extend upwardly and' are fastened to the platform 25, there being a suitable operating handle or bail 29 connected with the front axle by means of which the device may readily be transported .from yplace to place. i

When the device is 'used as a portable A cooker, the longitudinal connecting bars 9 are removed and the supporting le s 7 swung u wardl and inwardly against t e bottom of) the ta le 5, and the latter placed in posi- Y tion on the platform 25. Suitable U-shaped bolts or clips 30 are then passed over the adjacent` longitudinal edges ofthe table 5 and platform 25 so as to hold the table 1n positlon on the platform when transferring the cooker from one portion of a ield to another. v

' It is obvious that by removing the clips 30 and swinging the legs 7 downwardly and connecting said le s by the bars 9, the device may readily e converted into a stationary cooker. If desired, however, the supporting legs 7, instead of being ivotally connected with the table 5 may be olted or otherwise rigidl secured thereto, in which event, the legs instead of being folded inwardly and upwardly againstA the bottom of the table, are entirely detached from the table lbefore placing said cooker in position on the truck.

The device is extremely simple in con- V'including a platform, of a cooker comprising a table resting'on the platform and provided with folding legs interposed between the bottom of the table and the top of the platform, a holder mounted on said table, a

'food container seated in the holder, 'a burner disposed beneath the food container, and

clips embracing the adjacent longitudinal edges of the table, platform and said folding le s for retaining the table in position on said platform. v

2. Thecombination with a wheeled truck including a platform having an opening therein, of a cooker comprising a table having an opening registering wit the opening in the platform and provided with inwardly and upwardly folding legs adapted to rest on said platform, a holder secured to the upper surface of the table, a food container seated in the holder, a perforated casing depending from the table and extending through the opening in the' platform, a burner arranged within the casing, a fuel supply tank, and a end connected with t e sup ly tank and its lower end extended throug the table and latform and thencethrough one of th perforations in the casing kfor attachment to the burner.

ipe. having its upperv In testimon whereof, -I affix my signature- I in presence o two witnesses. 

